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Show The fift Booke ofthefirstpart a Saka Cuar sby the Spanitd/T hey weretherforettufted withthe cuftodic of Citiessthey were held las friendsyand patronssthé neceflitie ofthe poorer fort was reli¢nedbetore the pay-day came; with /esdings, and other helpes;aswell asthe nbilitic ofthe States could, Penmit, Wiheathrte fuch Princes,reigning at Snetime;fhallagree fo well, to maintaingagainkt the power of 4 fourthiiniutions (or atleaft fo eeming)to them all,'a Neighbour:Coun. ttie,ofthe fanie Religion,and to whiththeyall are louingly affected : then may fuch 2 Gountrie befecureothe? Auxiliariessand quietly intend her Trade, or other bufineffe, ‘in hopebflikeficceffe! Butithefe circumsftances:meet fo feldome, as it may,wellhold truein generall : That mercessrie,andforraigne auxiliarieforcesare.ngleffe dangerons, than ea ale the éuermicagainf? whomthey are entertained. {i Wiithe Thatthe mederategoucrament of the Romans gaue them a(furance tovfe thefernice oftheir omne (abies in their warres. Thet in mans naturethereu an affection breedingtyrannie, which hindreth the vfe and-benefit ofthe like moderation. : WH Ere it may be demanded;whetheralforhe Romans werenot compelledtoviefer# Luice ofothct fouldiers intheiz many greavwartes;but performedall by theirowne ‘Citizens?forific were theif mannettolarmetheinowsedfubiedts; how happenéd it,that they feated no rebellion' ifftrangersy howthen couldthey anoidythe inconheniences 4 saboue rchéarfed?: Theanfwere isy (That their Armies weve compounded v{uallyof their owne citizens, and ofthe Latines,imequall number: to:which they added, asoccafiontequiredfome companies of Campanes, Hetrurians, Samnites; or other oftheir fubiects,as were ¢ither intereffed in the quarrellyor might beftbetrufted. They had,a outthefe times(though feldomethey-did imploy fo many,) ten! Romane Legions, 2 good ftrength, ifall other helpe had beene wanting': which ‘feried to' keepe in good order theirfubiects,thatwere alwaits fewerin the Army thanthemfeluesi:As for the Eatines,ificonfanguinitie were not a fuficiént obligation;yet many priuiledgesandimmunities,which they inioyed,made then affuréd vnto the State ofRome: vnder which they lined almoftat libertie,as beingboundtollittle elie, thanto feiue it in wate. Itis 3¢ true, that a yoke,how eafie focuer,. feemesttoublefome to thenecke that hath beenaccuftomedto freedome.Therefore many-péople of Italie hauetaken occafion of:feuerall aduantages;to deliver them{elues fromthe Roman fubiection, Bir ftill they haue been reclaimed by*Warre; the Authors ofrebellion haue tharply bin punifhed;andthe people by degrees hané obtained fich libertic)as:made theni efteeme none otherwile of Ronie,.than as the commoncitie ofall Iralieso¥ea) in:procefle of time it was gra ted vnto many Cities, and thofe farre off remooued;euen to-Farfusin Cilicia, where Saint Paw was borne,That/all the Burgeffes thduldibe free ofRomeit felfe. This fauout was conferred abfolurely'vpon-fome;vponfome,withreftraintof giuing voice inecGion ofMagiftrates,or with other firchlimitation,-as was thought fit. Hereunto may4# beadded,thatit was theimanner, aftera great conqueft, to teleafe vnto their newfu iects halfeoftheir tribute which they-had been wont:to pay vnto theirformer Lords, : : ns oftheEftoriegf the World. ee eee aN See pe vatosheit Lords,and,confequently,in theestablifhment or enlargement ofDominions ismaydeemeftrange,thatthepractice of tyrannie,whole cheeks are contrary,hath bees focommon inalkages, ‘Thc like, know, may befaid of all Viceand frreoularit what: focuer, Fox it.is,lefle dificule, /whofoeucr thinkeothierwile) and more fife: to te ethe way ofluftice and Honeftic,than to turneafide fromit, yet cémmonly out fens doe Jead ysanto by-paths.But-where Luft,Anger, Péare.or any thelike Affection feduceth our reafonsthe fame yaruly appetite either, bringeth with it an excufe, or atlealt-wifé taketh away, allcayfe ofwonder.. In tyrannieit 1s not{o : foras mich 4g we can hard= lydefcrythe paflign, thatis of force rp infinuateit felfe into the whole tenour ofa Go-, Nerament, It mutt beconfefled,thatlawleffe defires-hate bred many Tyrants: yerfo- shatthefe defires haue feldome binhereditary," or fong-laftive. buthaye ended com monly withthe Tyrants life, fometimes. before jhis death; bywhich iméanes the eouetnment hath bin-reduced to.a better forme, "Infuch cafes, ‘the faying of Arittatle holds, Tpahtyrannies arc ofafhore continuance. But this doth not fatishe the queftion in hand, Why.did the Carthaginians cxercife Tyrannie? Why did the Athenians? Why ArifPol. bibg. hauemany other Cities donethe like ¢‘Ifin refpeét oftheir génerall good; howcould Col de they. be ignorant;that this was.anill. courfe forthe fafetie of the Weale publique 2_If they were ledde hereunto by:anyaffection; what was that affection wheréin fo man thoufand. Citizens,diuided and {ubdiuided within themfeliies byfa@ions, did allcon20 CUite, notwichftandine the much dinerfitie oftemper, and the. vehemencie ofprinate hatred among them,'.Doubticfle, we muft be faineto fay, That Tyrannieis by it felfe,.a Vice diftinéttrom others. A Man, we know, is 4eima/ politicum, apt chet by, Nature, to command, orto obey,;,cuery, one.in his proper degree., Other. defires ofMankinde, are common likewifeynto bruit beafts; and {ome of them, to bodies Wanting fenfe; but thedefire ofrule belongeth vito the nobler part ofreafon'; whefe. uatoisalfo anfwerable an aptneffeto yeeld obedience, Now as hunger and thirtt are gi- ue by natiire,not onely to Manand Begft,butyaoallforts of Vegetables, for the fae ftentation oftheir life: as Feate, Anger, Luit, andotheraffections are likewile natu. _ tall, in conuenient meafure; both ynto Mankinde, ‘andto all creatures that have fenfe * forthethunning orfepelling ofharmejandfecking after that Whichfs requifite:'euen fo isthis defire ofruling or obeying, ingraffed -by Nature inthe race ofMah, andin Man onely as areafonable creature, for the ordering of his life, in'a ciuill forme of Tuftice, Allthefein-bred qualities are good and vfefull.. Neuerthelefle, Hunger and Thitftare the Parents ofGluttoay-and Drunkenneffe, which,in reproach,are called beaftly,by an' viptoperterme: fince they grow fromappetites, foundin leffe Worthy creatures than callsand are yet not fo common in beafts,as in men. The effects of Anger,and of Ack other Paffions as.def{cend no lowerthan vnto bruit beafts,are held leffe vile, "& perhaps Rotivithout good reafyn :..yet arethey morehorrible, and punifhed more gileuoufly, y sharper Lawes,as. being in generall more pernicious. But as no corruptionis worte. than ofthat whichis beft;there is not any Paffion, that nourifheth a vice "more hurtful ¥ato Mankinde, than that which iffueth fromthe, moft noble' roote, cuenthe depra- ued AffeSién ofruling. Hence arife thofe two great mifchiefes, of which‘hath been an old queftion in. difpute,whetherbe the worfe; That all things, or That nothing fhould which was aready way,to bring the multitude into good liking oftheir prefent conditiOn; when the review ofharder times' patt, thouldratherteach them: tofeare a te aple, thanto hope forbetterin the future, by feeking innouation: Neither would it be/o® His not capable, occafionethéhe one; the otlier proceedeth froma contraty diftem- gotten,asa {peciall note ofthe Romans goodgouernment; That when fome, for theis Pet, whofe yehemency the bounds of Reafon cannot limit. Vaderthe extremity. of¢i Linbetg3. Well-deferuing,haue had the offerto be made Citizens of Rome; they haue refuledit. held themfelues bettercontented with their owne prefent eftate.' Wherefore it 159° Linibid, : Gaswaxp4. maruell; that Petellia, a Citieofthe Brutians ia Italie, chofe ratherto indure allextres : mitie of watre,than,vponany condition,to forfakethe Romans;euen when the Romans§° themfelues had confetfed,that they were vnabletohel pe thefe their fubieds, and chet fore willedthemto looketo their owne goodyas hauing been' faithfull to thevem?" Suchloue purchafed thefe milde Gouernours,without impairing their Maiefty 81°" ‘The fume ofall is: They had,of their own,a ftrong Armie; ‘they doubledit, BY foyning thetunto the Latinessand they fartherincreafed it,as need required,withOC" helpeisftheir own fubietts : all; orthe moft oftheir followers, accounting the PrP tity'of Rometo be the common good. ople Themoderate vie offoueraigne Power being fo' éffctuall; in affuring the P pe 0 belawfull, Ofthele; a dull {pirit, and ouer-loadenbyfortune, with power, whereof Mer,no Country isablé to fubfiit: yet the defectiue duldeffe, thar permirteth any for i Will alfo permicthe execution of Law, to which, me¢re neceflity doth inforce os tanaric Magiftrate; whereas Tyrannie is more actiue, and pleafeth it felfe in thé Xcelle, with a falfe colour of iuftice. Examples of ftupiditie, and vnaptneffe to rule, eeihteiy Frequent;though fuch hattires are cliery where to be found: forthis quality Shereitatcfi felfe'in fecking Empire ; ot if by:fome errourof fortune, it incounter ate rate a s(as when Claudia, hiding himfelfein 2 corner,found the EmpireofRome) naa ash or elfea svife, is hot, wanting tofupply the detec, which alfo cruelti¢ peas to fhadow. Therefore this Vice, as athing vnkhowne,is withouta namey ee fs ismore bofd, andfeareth not to. be knowne, but would be reputed honou7 SS FOR ICIS, profperums Cofelix[celus, a fortunate mifchiefé, as long as itican {hb- s Tetreis noremard or hovour (Laith Peter Charron) ‘afsigned vuto rhife, that know PppP 3 ay |